Alice Neel
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Art, Documentary Film
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Duration
83 minutes
Subject
1900-1999 Biographical films. Documentary films Feature films. Films Neel, Alice, 1900-1984 Nonfiction films Painting, American Painting, American 20th century.
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Abstract
"Alice Neel" is a feature-length documentary about the American painter Alice Neel (1900-1984), made by her grandson Andrew Neel. The film tells the story of Neel's life and shows the struggles she faced as a woman artist, single mother, and a painter who defied convention. A look at the life and struggles of single mother and female artist, Alice Neel. Explores Alice Neel's tumultuous biography and the legacy to paint the subjects of her era, such as Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Bella Abzug and Annie Sprinkle
Description
1 videodisc (83 min.). Region 2, PAL, requires DVD Super Drive to play : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Special features: commentary with Andrew, Hartley and Richard Neel; painted by Alice; communism and social consciousness; Alice's apartment; the Porsche story
Special features: commentary with Andrew, Hartley and Richard Neel; painted by Alice; communism and social consciousness; Alice's apartment; the Porsche story
Number of Copies
1
